Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-03
a Story of Crime.


SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Aug. "a start
ling item comes from SeguiI and is told
by citizen of that city VINO came in this
morning, almost if not quite equals the
celebrated robber-Caye tragedy ulearthed
in this county. lie says in May last sew
ersl petty robber!es were committed n
Seguin-2t first very mysteriOusly, but
finally the thief or thieves became bOlder,
and the C1icerS got upon their trail.
Three young men were suspected, and
ne officers finally arrested TWO OF them,
5ut were unable to catch the third and ct
.ength gave i up, on the idea that he had
.kipped the country. Last week the pris.
0neys in the Seguin I'll broke out, and
with them The TWO suspected robbers
young men Of perhaps seventeen and
twenty wears Of age, respectively
Gonzales officers reC8p,ured one
near the Gonzales county iiue last
Saturday and Seguin Officers captured the
other and Younger one on last Sunday.
The latter was caught near q watering
pIsce IN the county ard made q de-
termined resistance 10 arrest, backing
sway from the officers and attempting to
ct his pistol which ne had in sack, but
could not get II a hurry. lie almost g0t
away before he stopped and gave up. The
! first one, who is older was asked while il
! iail where was the third psrty ami vas
| told he could clear himself by turning
states evidence on the others. Then he
| told the officer inst number three was
dead and that they had killed him lie
did not say much and when the younger
one was brought IL he TGs told that his
partner in crime hsd confessed all. lie
became Gngry and gave TIE officers
explicit Information Of the de-
probation Gud crimes OF the gang
up to the time Of the killing Of the third,
May -, whose name Was Arch Henry. He
also volunteered to conduct the officers
tcstheiT Old rendezvous, which he did,
taking ten TO 4 place called Ca3tOOn
Flat, Cigha mics below Seguia, Waere
two large rocks had filed rsvine snd
eEviEg only small space underneath
ICaye-like and st c,uted In this place
hey found two stolen saddles a4d some
lew other arr Cles, and also the decGyed
corpse Of Henry W1 Oh had been thrown
there, clothes, Ea. aGd I'll. In Inc skull!
was a bullet mole and another gas ia the
nat, showing cOEclusivy.g that the man
had been murdered. TGC self-COLf ssed
telon detailed the story Of ne murder to
the officers, saying they mad bsnded
themselves together by an O2tI ui blood,
the lrst one who told anyt1irg Of TIE
others 70 be killed by the survivors
On the 9th Henry came to them 10 60
with him to the cave 20 get saddle
glrth Before they started the elder Ot
the worthy pair consulted with the
younger and told him that Henry hai
Deen telling people about them and &d-
vised him thG. then was 2 good time Il
Kill him. Then ne went and loaded his
revolver and the three went and got the
girth. After this thgy wen. in bathing IL
the river and on coming ous a~d dressing
Henry stopped down to pick up the
grin and the man VITA the revolver held
Il to hi9 head and Killed him. They then
dragged MS body into the cave and LEI;
him. The older mal tells about the
story, only saying tina. each fired Ont
shot into Hecrys head. These facts
weIa coirubJr2ted by each Of these pris-
ouers at Inc examining trisI held il
SaGuin Yesterday, and bath prisoner.
we're remanded back to 4il, one, tht
younger, without bail on the charge @
murder, sad the other upon the oiC
charge Of theft. al three q these bog
were reported bad cases, sons Of farmer:
and lived within seven or eight miles o
Seguin. The town is IN great state 0
excitement,